Advertising as a major source of human dissatisfaction (2019) [pdf] 8 months ago"what is happiness? It’s a moment before you need more happiness. You don't want most of it, you want all of it" - Churchill 0ThreadHN
The head of South Korea's guard consulted ChatGPT before martial law was imposed 1 year agoOne of the most under-appreciated lines from a TV show was from Fleabag season 2"Priests CAN have sex, you know. You won't just burst into flames. I've Googled it!" 0ThreadHN
Xv6, a simple Unix-like teaching operating system 2 years agoThe lectures are here https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.S081/2020/schedule.html 0ThreadHN
US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana 2 years agoIt is a good thing for democratically accountable governments to do good things that the people want! 0ThreadHN
The Presidential Nuclear "Football" from Eisenhower to George W. Bush 2 years agoFlag on the play. Pass interference. Defense, number 74. Ball will be placed at the spot of the foul. Automatic first down. 0ThreadHN
Harvard Faces New Threat of State Tax on $51B Endowment 2 years agoif all those academics were as smart as we think they are, they'd start to question why they would ever live in Boston 0ThreadHN
FTC bans TurboTax from advertising 'free' services, calls deceptive advertising 2 years agoIncreasing the IRS budget is an unequivocal good! 0ThreadHN
Introduction to the Conjugate Gradient Method Without Agonizing Pain (1994) [pdf] 3 years agoWarmly remember taking his computational geometry in undergrad. It was the most engaging and mathematically creative class I took in college. 0ThreadHN
If done right, X would become half of the global financial system 3 years agodang, too bad it's gonna be done wrong 0ThreadHN
Airbnbust? Short-term rental prices plummet in Palm Springs 3 years agoPalm Springs is awesome in the winter. It's a mecca of modern architecture! 0ThreadHN
Super Mario 64 – Watch for Rolling Rocks – 0.5x a Presses [video] 3 years agoTJ "henry" yoshi 0ThreadHN
WI Governor Drops Characters in Budget Bill to Change “2024-2025” to “2425” 3 years agoIt's not about winning, it's about fun! 0ThreadHN
Scientists find ‘plastic rocks’ on remote island 3 years agoI'm just playing games. I know it's plastic rock 0ThreadHN
Google Reader shut down announced ten years ago today 3 years agoBernie Madoff's dead, though. 0ThreadHN
How Did Sam Bankman-Fried Get Bail? 4 years agoyes!!! though you're more likely to catch them at Philz, or the Verve on University ave 0ThreadHN
Caroline Ellison, CEO of Alameda Research, pleads guilty to seven offences 4 years agoGo cardinal! 0ThreadHN
You don't need live chat on your website 4 years agoZawinski's second law states that all software with messaging/chat eventually becomes a dating app. 0ThreadHN
Ask HN: What do you think when companies ask for gritty people? 4 years agoI was once asked by a company if I was used to/willing to pulling all-nighters for projects. Heard later from the grapevine that the work hours were terrible, and wlb was nonexistent. Huge red flag imo 0ThreadHN
Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as 'Not My King' tag grows 4 years agoThe US does have wide protections for really really objectionable speech still. See snyder v phelps 0ThreadHN
What the interns have wrought, 2022 edition 4 years agobill simmons podcast is very good too 0ThreadHN
Campus College of Letters and Science plans to limit high-demand majors 4 years agothe government and taxes presumably. I think higher education is a wonderful public investment with great returns. 0ThreadHN
Will young Americans want to work in semiconductor manufacturing? [video] 4 years agoif you pay them they will come 0ThreadHN